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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

555 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...

BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...

BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF 

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN 

WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS FROM SAN ANTONIO AND GEORGETOWN 

EASTWARD TO HALLETTSVILLE AND LEXINGTON.  RAINFALL RATES ARE 

ESTIMATED AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH AND HOUR WITH NEAR 1 INCH AN HOUR 

RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.  MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OVER PARTS 

OF THE WARNING AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  WITH THE SOIL 

ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...MUCH OF THE CURRENT RAINFALL 

IS RUNNING OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS.



RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND THE I-35 CORRIDOR.  

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA... BASTROP... BEXAR... CALDWELL... COMAL... DEWITT... 

FAYETTE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... LAVACA... 

LEE... TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

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